--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "abutilon108" <abutilon108@> > wrote: > <snip> > > I did want to say, however, that the term "group delusion" has > > come up in my mind about the TMO. I don't think it's any > > different, though, than the shared delusions or illusions people > > may have as part of a religion or even a culture. I do think our > > experiences can be colored, or even created, out of a set of > > expectations and desires which are reinforced in a group. > > I think it's interesting that MMY died, and we started > talking about the powerful effect he had on people, > at the same time that a very similar phenomenon seems > to be occurring in the general population with Barack > Obama. >
Seems like anytime someone becomes a vortex of influence, they are the focal point of a web created in group consciousness, as it were.
